On some methodological and theoretical Aspects of regional Growth modelling in the Work of Jean Paelinck

The scientific work of Jean Paelinck is a perfect illustration how to succeed in integrating three different but highly connected research fields : spatial theory, regional modelling (including both theoretical and applied, i.e. econometrical aspects) and regional policies. His scientific carrier seems to have been mainly devoted to these three interrelated aspects, from the very beginnings at the end of the fifties, up to the end of the nineties, nowadays. We intend to show here that such a ..